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occupation of afghanistan you have to realize there is more pashtuns in pakistan than in afghanistan so it affects pakistani society just as badly as it does in afghanistan and every drone attack every time there are civilians killed which is on a daily basis these days it sets back. to you know to. improve the u.s. image every every person killed every single drone attack it's just the all effort back and it's going to make it much more difficult to know months of billions of aids or. can ever fix that ok robert you know in looking at the sort of cold war on terror i mean i was explaining to my my colleagues here at on the cross talk a little you use the word war on terror i love the way you. are a war on terror i know how you feel about that term and it's why you. don't usually use it all but yeah ok anyway i was explaining to my colleagues here in the crossfire team and a phrase that came from the vietnam war we had to destroy the village to save it and is that what's happening to pakistan they did to win afghanistan the americans are willing to watch pakistan be to stabled you kn
occupation of afghanistan you have to realize there is more pashtuns in pakistan than in afghanistan so it affects pakistani society just as badly as it does in afghanistan and every drone attack every time there are civilians killed which is on a daily basis these days it sets back. to you know to. improve the u.s. image every every person killed every single drone attack it's just the all effort back and it's going to make it much more difficult to know months of billions of aids or. can ever...
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prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new reeveryone is on head injuries, dementia and alzheimer's, and the group that researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>> they may have come up short in the end, but u.s. team is still "american idol"s. your sho. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i'm surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores
prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new reeveryone is on head injuries, dementia and alzheimer's, and the group that researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>> they may have come up short in the end, but u.s. team is still "american idol"s. your sho. one day i'm on p of the world... the next i'm saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my...
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prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new research on head injuries and dementia and alzheimer's and a group that the researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>>, and later, they may have come up short in the end, but the u.s. women's world cup team members are still american idols. >>> we're back, as promised, with news that may help solve a mystery. researchers set out to see what happened later in life to those americans who served in vietnam. what they found, presented today at the annual meeting of the alzheimer's association, is that head injuries during that war may be linked to dementia years later. and the findings could mean a frightening scenario, of course, for veterans of our current dual wars. thousands of them have come home suffering brain injuries. our report tonight from our chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: richard wanamaker, 62 years old, is suffering twice because of his military service. an initial traumatic brain injury or tbi. now, decades later, increasing memory loss. today's study lo
prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new research on head injuries and dementia and alzheimer's and a group that the researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>>, and later, they may have come up short in the end, but the u.s. women's world cup team members are still american idols. >>> we're back, as promised, with news that may help solve a mystery. researchers set out to see what happened later in life to those...
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brain injured troops in afghanistan and iraq, and know they could suffer the same way he is. when you see those young men suffering the same way you do -- >> i feel bad for those guys. >> reporter: troops who face yet another risk in the years ahead. robert bazell, nbc news, buffalo. >>> up next here tonight, the reason 12 million children took a moment today to sing the same song. [ male announcer ] there's more than one of these abandoned racetracks in america today. automotive performance is gone. and all we have left are fallen leaves and broken dreams. oh. wait a second. that is a dodge durango. looks like american performance is doing just fine. ♪ carry on. ♪ carry on. sometimes life can be, well, a little uncomfortable, but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go... it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool softener. make yourself comfortable. fore! no matter what small business you are in, managing expenses seems to ...get in the way. not anymore. ink introduces jot. a real tim
brain injured troops in afghanistan and iraq, and know they could suffer the same way he is. when you see those young men suffering the same way you do -- >> i feel bad for those guys. >> reporter: troops who face yet another risk in the years ahead. robert bazell, nbc news, buffalo. >>> up next here tonight, the reason 12 million children took a moment today to sing the same song. [ male announcer ] there's more than one of these abandoned racetracks in america today....
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you have been in the mountains of afghanistan. you saw 10 or 15 of your brothers killed before your eyes and many more wounded. you come back. there is a domestic problem at home. you get out of the service and you are despondent. you disappear. we have a lot of homeless veterans who are just trying to get away from it all. we have to reach out to them and do what we can for them. then we will have our hospitals. walter reed, bethesda, balboa. these are great hospitals. with all of the problems we had a while back with all of these returning wounded at walter reed, if i were injured, i would want to be at walter reed. they have an exceptional staff there. i think they were overwhelmed at that time. "the washington post" discover some of those issues. we are taking good care in the hospital of our wounded veterans. what happens when they get out? what happens to a man who has lost both arms and both legs? what happens to somebody like that if the community does not reach out and take care of them? i would encourage communities all
you have been in the mountains of afghanistan. you saw 10 or 15 of your brothers killed before your eyes and many more wounded. you come back. there is a domestic problem at home. you get out of the service and you are despondent. you disappear. we have a lot of homeless veterans who are just trying to get away from it all. we have to reach out to them and do what we can for them. then we will have our hospitals. walter reed, bethesda, balboa. these are great hospitals. with all of the problems...
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of how to keep afghanistan from becoming again a terrorist state and for that the countries that are potential targets has to be involved. the reason it doesn't happen yet is that for the other countries as long as we are there they have no great incentive to commit themselves to anything and on our side those who want to get out are looking for any method that gets them out, like negotiation with taliban. >> rose: then i'm confused. if you need for everybody to be involved in some coming together and understanding the risk and you need those people to be engaged by this but they don't want to be engaged as long as we're occupied, as long as we're there... >> we have to convince them, a, that we're going to get out and, b, that there is an interval which n which we are prepared to adjust our withdrawal to an internationastatus agrment for the region which then everybody in some way manages to implement. now is that possible? i don't know that. at the beginningover a diplomatic process, you can't tell exactly but you can state... you can stick through your objectives. >> rose: okay, o
of how to keep afghanistan from becoming again a terrorist state and for that the countries that are potential targets has to be involved. the reason it doesn't happen yet is that for the other countries as long as we are there they have no great incentive to commit themselves to anything and on our side those who want to get out are looking for any method that gets them out, like negotiation with taliban. >> rose: then i'm confused. if you need for everybody to be involved in some coming...
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that, if that happens, is there anyone who plausibly believe that iraq has 2004 award we still be in afghanistan and? >> that's what i said, i think this is a debate that we can actually have because i think you can make and argue for it. at the same time, i -- it is a kind of academic question. i just don't think it's going to happen. >> your great grandfather would say we have to have these academic questions. don't go playing fdr on me. >> a damn sight better,úg c something. yeah, you know, i think that one of the things to remember about these brothers and one the reasons why g i think looking at their stores is really valuable is they were really working out how to answer some of these questions, and there was an urgency because there were new0ñ questions. they felt them. and these are questions that we just don't feel. you know, the kind of tension between your responsibilities as individuals, your responsibilit as a citizen, ethics versus morality. these all sound academic terms, but when he came down to it it's like are you going to die for your country? are you going to -- choose a@
that, if that happens, is there anyone who plausibly believe that iraq has 2004 award we still be in afghanistan and? >> that's what i said, i think this is a debate that we can actually have because i think you can make and argue for it. at the same time, i -- it is a kind of academic question. i just don't think it's going to happen. >> your great grandfather would say we have to have these academic questions. don't go playing fdr on me. >> a damn sight better,úg c...
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highester. 39% say keep troops in afghanistan until the situation has stabilized. the president's position has not caught up with the majority of americans who favor immediate withdrawals from afghanistan. or the majority of americans who now favor emergency equality. last month gallup found 53% in favor of marriage equality. on thursday night, in manhattan, the president will be asking for campaign help from marriage equality supporters when he appears at aç $1250 per plate fund-raiser with the gay community. it will be the first time a sitting president has held a fund-raising event with the lgbt community. the event prompted a reporter from a gay newspaper to ask this question to white house press secretary jay carney yesterday. >> isn't the president selling this audience short saying he supports them and wants them election campaign but at the same time -- >> chris, i think you know this president is very supportive of and strong on lbgt rights and his record is significant with regard to that. he's been very clear on his position about gay marriage. he's be
highester. 39% say keep troops in afghanistan until the situation has stabilized. the president's position has not caught up with the majority of americans who favor immediate withdrawals from afghanistan. or the majority of americans who now favor emergency equality. last month gallup found 53% in favor of marriage equality. on thursday night, in manhattan, the president will be asking for campaign help from marriage equality supporters when he appears at aç $1250 per plate fund-raiser with...
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he wasn't talking about the dead in iraq or afghanistan there are two reasons for that. because then vietnam's there were 300 dead very few daughters were the sons of people all around the country because there was a draft and that made a huge difference. >> dma the good point* about the changes of media over that period of time because i remember recently watching wonder two years ago this my a co-author brought some videos back when he was on the cbs news and i was struck by the amount of very serious discussion of issues going on in the sound bites going on for longer and people were allowed to speak for longer and they were much more in depth and it really struck me because as a child was watching this put the amazing change of the focus. >> we have time for two more questions. >> you have mentioned it was such a remarkable difference the way those presidents responded which mrs. suni was sent to their political party but it was there a suggestion that when president medicated with what happened on the previous presidents response? >> yes. each one learns from the ot
he wasn't talking about the dead in iraq or afghanistan there are two reasons for that. because then vietnam's there were 300 dead very few daughters were the sons of people all around the country because there was a draft and that made a huge difference. >> dma the good point* about the changes of media over that period of time because i remember recently watching wonder two years ago this my a co-author brought some videos back when he was on the cbs news and i was struck by the amount...
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know when can pick the end in afghanistan. i give it 10% chance something happens that none of us can think of today. egypt, tunisia, something wild could happen and we would say why did we miss that? i give 10 percent chance karzai is gone. i don't know how but somehow not part of the equator sham. 40% we will muddle through and gradually pull our forces out and it will be okay. i give a 40% chance that karzai and those, if you recall secretary kissinger received the nobel peace prize for solving the war in vietnam and there is a messy deal between the pakistani zandi afghans that cause us to scratch our heads to say why did you lose all those troops for that and resolve? another way to say i don't know what will happen. it was the book lessons then disasters talking about north vietnam from what i understand postwar interviews found it did not do that it infuriated them. these are controlled by a bill gates one of the. if i have a family member killed by the bill gates wannabe i would be enormously upset. what is the impact?
know when can pick the end in afghanistan. i give it 10% chance something happens that none of us can think of today. egypt, tunisia, something wild could happen and we would say why did we miss that? i give 10 percent chance karzai is gone. i don't know how but somehow not part of the equator sham. 40% we will muddle through and gradually pull our forces out and it will be okay. i give a 40% chance that karzai and those, if you recall secretary kissinger received the nobel peace prize for...
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. >>> the president of whhamid karzai's brother rocking the world of afghanistan. joining us now from kabul, nbc's atia aboui. how did this happen in the fist place? we're getting new details, i know, about how exactly he was assassinated. >> good morning, willie. also referred to as awk was the younger half brother of president hamid karzai. he was shot and killed in his home yesterday in kandahar. a trusted security guard and confidant went into the home using that trust, lured awk out of a meeting, sent him into another room where they were alone the sign papers. as awk was signing those papers, that's when mohammed shot him. it's unclear if he shot hit twice in the head or three times in various parts of his body. right now what's confusing everyone is where did mohammed shoot karzai? what we understand is they're from the same klan, that they're, in fact, distant relatives. the taliban claimed responsibility saying they've worked with sadar mohammed for some time now. but many believe it could be because of a tribal feud which confuses everyone when it comes t
. >>> the president of whhamid karzai's brother rocking the world of afghanistan. joining us now from kabul, nbc's atia aboui. how did this happen in the fist place? we're getting new details, i know, about how exactly he was assassinated. >> good morning, willie. also referred to as awk was the younger half brother of president hamid karzai. he was shot and killed in his home yesterday in kandahar. a trusted security guard and confidant went into the home using that trust, lured...
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on where in afghanistan you are. my experience is mostly in the east. i only have a little bit of experience in the south. the south has a lot of open combat. a lot of the headquarters for the taliban. in the east, it depends on where you are. the provinces just south of kabul, where they used to have strong relationships with kabul, a lot of traffic moving between i.e.d. galleries where coalition troops and a large coalition presence is trying hard to lock those provinces down to protect kabul. every step they take, they are threatened by i.e.d.s' that are killing native troops and afghans every year. as we move closer to the border and you head southeast toward pakistan and places like the paktika province, the threat there is not so much ied's. the terrain is rough and it is mountainous. the coalition troops and the taliban move on foot. the coalition also has helicopters that can get them between mountaintops. once they get off of the helicopters, they are back to walking around on that. ied's are lot less useful
on where in afghanistan you are. my experience is mostly in the east. i only have a little bit of experience in the south. the south has a lot of open combat. a lot of the headquarters for the taliban. in the east, it depends on where you are. the provinces just south of kabul, where they used to have strong relationships with kabul, a lot of traffic moving between i.e.d. galleries where coalition troops and a large coalition presence is trying hard to lock those provinces down to protect...
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or after three decades of war only the smallest patches of forest remain in northern afghanistan barely detectable by satellite and the reason we don't see some of these woodlands and forests regenerating is also complex at the moment if the seedling happens to take root and start growing you actually have grazing of goats and sheep over virtually the entire landscape and those goats and sheep obviously simply eat anything that comes up so what we saw in a in a number of different sample areas was not a single seedling had taken root. when you have such fragile soils and you have such heavy grazing on them you really amplify and cause soil erosion to the point where recovery is going to be extremely difficult if not impossible. this photo actually started with my barber when i was probably ten years old he was a marine. who had fought in the battle of guadalcanal solve island storm world war two and i'd heard the stories of his experiences of storing the beaches running out of supplies and. sword fighting with the japanese soldiers on the islands just for . they saw their supply ship pe
or after three decades of war only the smallest patches of forest remain in northern afghanistan barely detectable by satellite and the reason we don't see some of these woodlands and forests regenerating is also complex at the moment if the seedling happens to take root and start growing you actually have grazing of goats and sheep over virtually the entire landscape and those goats and sheep obviously simply eat anything that comes up so what we saw in a in a number of different sample areas...
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as everyone is well aware, we have two wars going on, both iraq and afghanistan. we have men and women serving in harm's way and part of our job as veterans is to make sure we bring them home and have a full accounting of they're whereabouts and making sure they get home to the soil where they belong. >> tell me about what is going to happen down there today and what are the riders going to be doing? >> like i said, today is the demonstration and we ride from the pentagon parking lot to the vietnam memorial in support of the prisoners of war and missing in action issues and to support veterans of all wars. and we'll leave here at about 12:00 and you're looking at about 300,000 motorcycles and supporters along the way on our parade route down to washington, d.c. to the memorial. once we get there we will be parked and then we have some speeches and some music and some entertainment and again to really support the veterans and prisoners of war missing in action issue. >> i heard you say this continues to grow every year. why do you think this is such a big issue and
as everyone is well aware, we have two wars going on, both iraq and afghanistan. we have men and women serving in harm's way and part of our job as veterans is to make sure we bring them home and have a full accounting of they're whereabouts and making sure they get home to the soil where they belong. >> tell me about what is going to happen down there today and what are the riders going to be doing? >> like i said, today is the demonstration and we ride from the pentagon parking...
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troops in afghanistan, the u.s. is currently spending $2 billion a week, and is on pace to spend i year. question, what explains general allen's seeming divergence from the commander in chief, barack obama's deadline for withdrawal by 2014 december, which is about three plus a few months, years from now. >> right. >> is it -- this commander in the field -- denying the validity of the commander in chief? >> not necessarily, more typical not announcing your withdrawal date as being vague as how long we'll be here the one thing the pentagon does to the want for the enemy to wait us out and then suddenly move in as soon as we pack up and leave. but the fact is we can't stay there forever. we are occupying the place, making progress in the tribal areas. we need to wind our effort down and turn it over to the afghans. >> you think it was purposeful disinformation on the part of the -- >> well -- >> because if you pause that sentence, he's not saying we won't be out. >> no, it will be -- >> a long period of time [everyone
troops in afghanistan, the u.s. is currently spending $2 billion a week, and is on pace to spend i year. question, what explains general allen's seeming divergence from the commander in chief, barack obama's deadline for withdrawal by 2014 december, which is about three plus a few months, years from now. >> right. >> is it -- this commander in the field -- denying the validity of the commander in chief? >> not necessarily, more typical not announcing your withdrawal date as...
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thinking of iraq and afghanistan as other foreign bases. >> i wouldn't say they are the model for it. i don't think he's been to replicate what happened in vietnam but they are the antecedents of those bases and like during the vietnam war we don't hear about that that the bases were the enormous and they have in their mn these eight distinction between a rhodes men and statesman recite the living. so the book quotes that in the in an epilogue that talks about the consumer is in bed purveys the war and the consequences sharifs and meredith lair assistant professor of george mason university. what do you teach? >> guest: american history of the vietnam war mechem american society triet >> her new book is published by the university of north carolina, armed with abundance consumerism and soldiering in the vietnam war. thank you for joining us at george mason university. >> thank you. >> the age of 25 had this best seller and he's very brash and thinks he knows everything and sometimes he really does. in 1785 to he decides what's wrong with america and he's spot on. the problem is under
thinking of iraq and afghanistan as other foreign bases. >> i wouldn't say they are the model for it. i don't think he's been to replicate what happened in vietnam but they are the antecedents of those bases and like during the vietnam war we don't hear about that that the bases were the enormous and they have in their mn these eight distinction between a rhodes men and statesman recite the living. so the book quotes that in the in an epilogue that talks about the consumer is in bed...
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we're talking now about winning in afghanistan. what does it mean for us now in afghanistan? >> winning, to me, is defined by we have done enough so that our troops come back home on a regular basis, at no more surge, and that the afghans, the afghan army is able to stand up for themselves against the taliban. if somebody says what about the fact that karzai is a balm and cannot get things done, i say, hey, that is none of my business. that could still remain a mess. it may not turn out perfectly, but if we prevent the terrace from taking over, that is enough. -- but if we prevent the terrorists from taking over, that is enough. tavis: the president is hearing from critics, and the democratic party at their annual meeting last week passed a resolution -- his party passed a resolution encouraging him to get out of afghanistan quicker. they're pressing now on afghanistan. i raise that because he is hearing it from a lot of different people. what are they not hearing? obviously what you are saying, others are saying about the war not been winnable, the strategy is wrong, too man
we're talking now about winning in afghanistan. what does it mean for us now in afghanistan? >> winning, to me, is defined by we have done enough so that our troops come back home on a regular basis, at no more surge, and that the afghans, the afghan army is able to stand up for themselves against the taliban. if somebody says what about the fact that karzai is a balm and cannot get things done, i say, hey, that is none of my business. that could still remain a mess. it may not turn out...
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we're not really worried about afghanistan itself but al qaeda who come to afghanistan to use it. the russian foreign minister in 1867 who said it is in the nature of civilized countries facing while barbarian man's if they do not settle is the threat so it is a failed state that the third kind is not about the country but about the effects on the nabors. if afghanistan false others will get their hands on the nuclear weapons. and then it is called the dominant theory. and the fourth category of fear the more than a great thing of that logical structure is every conceivable the year but regardless what this country does our does not pose a threat, we will be defeated and humiliated. we are afraid of our pride and our reputation will not allow us to be defeated. the weakness will be exposed to the world. this is the argument that was made in the first and second quarters per crowed 1842 come on the british army retreats and 14,000 people were massacred and the muskets firing and the 3,000 people over a 5-mile area and the single last may and. the story of the british parliament is
we're not really worried about afghanistan itself but al qaeda who come to afghanistan to use it. the russian foreign minister in 1867 who said it is in the nature of civilized countries facing while barbarian man's if they do not settle is the threat so it is a failed state that the third kind is not about the country but about the effects on the nabors. if afghanistan false others will get their hands on the nuclear weapons. and then it is called the dominant theory. and the fourth category...
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taxpayers, this is the time that they should come participate in afghanistan. economic growth for their benefit, for the benefit of the people of afghanistan. we know the technologies that you have a common -- have, and business ethics, and the code of conduct that you have and considering the environment is something that other companies from other parts of the world, their standards compared to those of u.s. companies is something that we notice. that is why i work with u.s. companies to get them more information, and encourage them to come and get the benefit of those resources that are there. host: stemming from the president's announcement, there were announcements that a bulk of the pullout what -- would come during what is known as the fighting period. is that a concern? guest: it is a concern, yes. 33,000 troop withdrawal based on the assessment from the military experts came up with that conclusion. as i said, our national security forces are in position to take the lead gradually. we are hopeful that by 2014 we should complete the transition process.
taxpayers, this is the time that they should come participate in afghanistan. economic growth for their benefit, for the benefit of the people of afghanistan. we know the technologies that you have a common -- have, and business ethics, and the code of conduct that you have and considering the environment is something that other companies from other parts of the world, their standards compared to those of u.s. companies is something that we notice. that is why i work with u.s. companies to get...
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troops wounded in iraq and afghanistan. he has called on the government to -- and the private sector to spend more on victims of posttraumatic stress disorder and get them some help. he is a star who moonlights as a soldier's advocate. our speaker has questioned his own industry at times while producing films our -- producing films that portray our troops- w in a negative light. in a film about soldiers on the front lines in iraq and among his many awards and honors, he is a recipient of the presidential award of freedom, one of only two actors to get that and 110 people in our nation's history. he also received the medal of honor bob hope excellence in entertainment award and the harry s. truman good neighbor award. as co-founder of operation international children, he has provided school supplies to hundreds of thousands of children were u.s. troops are deployed. here today to discuss his plans to help veterans and fallen soldiers as well as their families, please welcome mr. gary sinise. [applause] >> thank you. i can cu
troops wounded in iraq and afghanistan. he has called on the government to -- and the private sector to spend more on victims of posttraumatic stress disorder and get them some help. he is a star who moonlights as a soldier's advocate. our speaker has questioned his own industry at times while producing films our -- producing films that portray our troops- w in a negative light. in a film about soldiers on the front lines in iraq and among his many awards and honors, he is a recipient of the...
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when we first started working in afghanistan one of the things that surprised me was that it actually was an area where natural and wild pistachio and woodlands grew i didn't know that they actually existed there before and in fact they were a significant part of the pre-war economy people picked the pistachios and actually exported them it was worth millions of dollars as a source of income to people. in the deforestation we see in afghanistan is a product of three forces first of all you have the mujahideen that were using the forests for cover the soviets destroyed some of the force to prevent that second of all you have the afghans themselves harvested the forests and stockpiled the wood because they feared that they'd be taken away during the collectivization process. and third you had land mines that were put in agricultural areas by putting the land mines that are cultural areas that forced people to find other areas to grow food and the most obvious where the forests and woodlands of the country so those three factors have led to virtual one hundred percent deforestation in so
when we first started working in afghanistan one of the things that surprised me was that it actually was an area where natural and wild pistachio and woodlands grew i didn't know that they actually existed there before and in fact they were a significant part of the pre-war economy people picked the pistachios and actually exported them it was worth millions of dollars as a source of income to people. in the deforestation we see in afghanistan is a product of three forces first of all you have...
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went back into afghanistan that it was a mistake. but now that we're there and have made a huge mess come is the answer too simply have meant a complete failure to pull everything about whereby you may really damage the afghans to our left behind? i worked on the border with that in between period when the u.s. had abandoned them before they went back and and it is not a simple thing. but then what you do to get out of the mess? >> this is the central question which is raised by many people who love afghanistan and the answer is we don't have the answer. we can make up stories and what i'd like to say is with some luck we could achieve a situation in by keeping 10 o or 20,000 soldiers we could decrease the likelihood of war and political settlement to create a situation where al qaeda could not harm the united states but we should also have political sentiment and a regional solution. but and it is very big, and none of it is guaranteed and are so difficult to achieve. it does not make sense norah does it make sense of the moral obli
went back into afghanistan that it was a mistake. but now that we're there and have made a huge mess come is the answer too simply have meant a complete failure to pull everything about whereby you may really damage the afghans to our left behind? i worked on the border with that in between period when the u.s. had abandoned them before they went back and and it is not a simple thing. but then what you do to get out of the mess? >> this is the central question which is raised by many...
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he wasn't talking about the dead in iraq or the dead in afghanistan. and there were two reasons for that. a, because in vietnam there were weeks when we had 300 -- weeks, when we had 300 dead and more. and they were the sons of -- there were very few daughters in those days. they were the sons of people all around the country because it was a draft. that made a huge difference. i'm sorry, debbie? >> well, i think one thing -- i mean, you make a really good point about the changes in the media over that period of time because i remember recently watching maybe a year or two ago my father/co-author brought some videos from back from the '60s and '70s when he was on the cbs news. and i was just really struck by the amount of very serious discussion of issues that was going on. and the sound bites went on for longer. people were allowed to speak for longer and they really got much more in depth on issues. and it just really struck me because at the time i was, you know, a child watching this and i wasn't getting as much out of it as i was then but yeah, ju
he wasn't talking about the dead in iraq or the dead in afghanistan. and there were two reasons for that. a, because in vietnam there were weeks when we had 300 -- weeks, when we had 300 dead and more. and they were the sons of -- there were very few daughters in those days. they were the sons of people all around the country because it was a draft. that made a huge difference. i'm sorry, debbie? >> well, i think one thing -- i mean, you make a really good point about the changes in the...
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not at lexington, not concord, not in iraq, not in afghanistan. behind every american in uniform stand a wife, a husband, a mom, dad, a son or a daughter, a sister or brother. these families, these remarkable families, are the force behind the force. they, too, are there reasons we have got the finest military in the world. whenever i and with our troops overseas, when i asked them what can we do for you, there is one thing they request more than anything else -- take care of my family. take care of my family. because with our troops are worried about their families back home, it is harder for them to focus on the mission overseas. the strength in the readiness of america's military depends on the strength and readiness of our military families. this is a matter of national security. it is not just the right thing to do, it also makes this country stronger. and that is why over the past two years we have made major investments to take care of our military families. secretary gates has been one of the leaders in this process -- new housing and chil
not at lexington, not concord, not in iraq, not in afghanistan. behind every american in uniform stand a wife, a husband, a mom, dad, a son or a daughter, a sister or brother. these families, these remarkable families, are the force behind the force. they, too, are there reasons we have got the finest military in the world. whenever i and with our troops overseas, when i asked them what can we do for you, there is one thing they request more than anything else -- take care of my family. take...
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ithis is costing all of us $1 million to keep one soldier in afghanistan. do you know what we can do with that money in our own city? we have a budget the opposite for $14 million. we're going to lose hundreds of thousands of students and classis. and that is why when we met with our union leaders and students, that is the word we are bringing here. let's help our own people in the united states of america. let's bring the money home and at sto stop. we are the richest nation in the whole planet. instead of building bombs -- >> next speaker, please. >> my name is amber rose. i am a veteran. i served in army for 6.5 years in active duty. thank you, supervisors, for introducing this resolution. i support this resolution, and here are a couple of reasons why. 6323 service members have been killed. 20%-50% of service members suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. that equals 2 350,000 to 900,000 service members suffering from a debilitating disorder. every day 32 veterans attempt suicide, and it -- and 18 succeed. the estimated cost of care is approximatel
ithis is costing all of us $1 million to keep one soldier in afghanistan. do you know what we can do with that money in our own city? we have a budget the opposite for $14 million. we're going to lose hundreds of thousands of students and classis. and that is why when we met with our union leaders and students, that is the word we are bringing here. let's help our own people in the united states of america. let's bring the money home and at sto stop. we are the richest nation in the whole...
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lessons learned in vietnam being applied in afghanistan. whether or not it works only time will tell. >> and could you look at iraq as being somewhat successful example. not totally proved out but raised the security forces to the point that they could take care of some of their needs. >> we have given the iraqis a chance to govern themselves and protect themselves. whether or not they follow through on it remains to be seen but the opportunity has been given to them for success. >> let's go to -- in your book you make the case that after 9- 11, your boss at the time, donald rumsfeld wanted to use the attacks as a pretext to go to iraq and largely that's what he did. we shifted resources to do iraq in march of 2003. the question is, how did the war in afghanistan, how would it have gone differently had we not made that shift in your opinion. >> one thing i learned in my two tours here in washington is when we focus on one issue, one thing, we do very, very well. but the minute we turn and focus toward another issue, things tend to start fal
lessons learned in vietnam being applied in afghanistan. whether or not it works only time will tell. >> and could you look at iraq as being somewhat successful example. not totally proved out but raised the security forces to the point that they could take care of some of their needs. >> we have given the iraqis a chance to govern themselves and protect themselves. whether or not they follow through on it remains to be seen but the opportunity has been given to them for success....
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afghanistan? is that one of the lessons? >> absolutely. that certainly is the lesson and one of the lessons and we haven't touched on another point here which has to be raised within the obama/afghanistan context and that is pakistan because that is where the nuclear weapons are and as you and i have discussed a number of times one of the major reasons we are involved in afghanistan to begin with has to do with keeping an eye up close and pakistan's nuclear stockpile and to make sure terrorists don't get their hands on them. that is the underlying message. when obama first came in they came up with the idea of afghanistan and pakistan. that was due kohlberg's idea. you had to see the two of them together. you could not separate the two. what the president is doing right now in his speech is almost toward separation and they can't be separated. >> we almost ready to go to questions? who has the microphone? nobody has the microphone. he had one -- >> here they are. right there. >> we have a microphone. i am always inclined to say that i find
afghanistan? is that one of the lessons? >> absolutely. that certainly is the lesson and one of the lessons and we haven't touched on another point here which has to be raised within the obama/afghanistan context and that is pakistan because that is where the nuclear weapons are and as you and i have discussed a number of times one of the major reasons we are involved in afghanistan to begin with has to do with keeping an eye up close and pakistan's nuclear stockpile and to make sure...
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the theory in relation to afghanistan is if afghanistan falls pakistan will fall and mullahs will get their hands on nuclear weapons or in the case of vietnam is the domino theory. the fourth category of fear once you have given up on the other kinds. the great thing about the logical structure is they encompass every conceivable kind of fear. the fourth kind of fear is regardless of whether the country does or does not pose a threat we will be defeated and humiliated. we are afraid of our print -- reputation will not allow us to be defeated. if we are seen to be defeated in afghanistan our weakness will be exposed to the world. this was the argument which was made in the first and second anglo afghan wars. in january of 1842 when the german army retreated from ka l kabul, 14,000 were massacred, 3,000 people stranded in a five mile area. the single largest man on his course. the story in the british parliament was we cannot allow this to happen because it will eliminate the credibility of the british empire. we will never be taken seriously again. we have to occupy these people. it wa
the theory in relation to afghanistan is if afghanistan falls pakistan will fall and mullahs will get their hands on nuclear weapons or in the case of vietnam is the domino theory. the fourth category of fear once you have given up on the other kinds. the great thing about the logical structure is they encompass every conceivable kind of fear. the fourth kind of fear is regardless of whether the country does or does not pose a threat we will be defeated and humiliated. we are afraid of our...
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this week we ask, "is the horn of africa the next afghanistan?" to help answer this question, we'll be joined by "great decisions" participan in dallas, texas, and by our experts, ambassador daniel simpson, former special envoy to somalia, and a columnist now for the pittsburgh post gazette. and terrence lyons, associate professor of conflict resolutions at george mason university, and a former negotiator during the conflict between ethiopia and eritrea. thanks to both of you for being with us. >> thank you. >> terrence, is the horn of africa the next afghanistan for the u.s.? >> no, i don't think so. it certainly, uh, does not need to be, and, and shouldn't become. there's a surface resemblance, in that both the horn of africa and afghanistan have very weak states, and, uh, protracted conflicts. but, uh, the conflicts in the horn of africa, i would suggest, ought to be understood in the regional context, as conflicts in the horn of africa, and not globalized. not to be seen as arenas in a global, uh, global war in terror, or some other global nat
this week we ask, "is the horn of africa the next afghanistan?" to help answer this question, we'll be joined by "great decisions" participan in dallas, texas, and by our experts, ambassador daniel simpson, former special envoy to somalia, and a columnist now for the pittsburgh post gazette. and terrence lyons, associate professor of conflict resolutions at george mason university, and a former negotiator during the conflict between ethiopia and eritrea. thanks to both of...